Senate penal finds irregularities in Gun, Country Club affairs.

ISLAMABAD -- A meeting of the Senate Standing Committee on Inter-Provincial CoAordination was held on Friday at Parliament House, Islamabad.

The meeting was chaired by SenAator Nisar Ahmed Khuhro and was attended by Senator Gurdeep Singh, Senator Mushtaq Ahmed, Senator Kamran Michael and senior officers of the Ministry of Inter-Provincial Coordination along with its atAtached departments and agencies. Matters discussed included; yearAwise audit details of the Gun and Country Club and briefing related to scope of the Ministry of Inter-Provincial Coordination. The minAistry while briefing the committee regarding audit details of the Gun and Country Club from June 2019 to June 2022 explained the issues related to the property and its manAagement and apprised the commitAtee of numerous irregularities that resulted from non-availability of staff that is well conversant with government rules. In addition, the committee was informed of an area of more than 100 acres that is in ocAcupancy for a shooting game withAout any legal framework. Chairman Committee stressed the need for laws in this regard and questioned the delay despite orders of the SuApreme Court in 2020.

The committee was informed that laws related to dealing with related matters were being formuAlated. The committee stressed the need for expediting the process of law formulation and summoned the Ministry of Law officials for consultation on the matter in the next meeting. It was asserted that the management committee of the Gun and Country Club must be summoned in the next meeting as well. It was asserted that a letter must be written to the Cabinet DiAvision on behalf of the committee so that issue related...